NHSE803 – Invitation to Tender - General Dental Services - Sherburn & Tadcaster

The Contracting Authority has procured General Dental Services for Sherburn in Elmet & Tadcaster. The over-arching aims of the Contracting Authority in respect of dental service provision are:

To improve oral health and to reduce inequalities in health and well-being.

To improve access to NHS dental services and to improve the experience of all patients.

To develop integrated and consistent services.

To ensure equitable and timely access to primary, urgent and elective care.

The service has a contract commencement date of 01 April 2022 for an initial contract term of 5-years with the option to extend the contract by 2-years at the discretion of the Contracting Authority and subject to satisfactory contractual and financial performance.

The annual financial threshold for Sherburn & Tadcaster is 320278 GBP based on 10,532 Units of Dental Activity (UDA) at the rate of 30.41 GBP per UDA.

The basic principles of the open procedure were followed for this procurement to test the capacity, capability, and technical competence of bidders in accordance with The Light-Touch Rules Regime, Regulations 74 to 77 of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) (for health, social, education, and certain other service contracts).

Tender documentation was available from 12:00 noon on 23 September 2021 and the closing time and date for tender returns was 12:00 noon on 25 October 2021.

“Under the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 Contracting Authorities must consider:

(a) How what is proposed to be procured might improve the economic, social, and environmental well-being of the area where they exercise their functions; and

(b) How, in conducting the process of procurement, they might act with a view to securing that improvement.

Accordingly, the subject matter of the contract has been scoped to take into account the priorities of the Contracting Authority relating to “economic, social, and environmental well-being” by utilising the UK Governments Social Value Model.

This procurement was conducted using an e-Tendering portal (In-Tend).

The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (as amended) do not apply to this procurement; however bidders were advised to obtain their own legal advice and carry out due diligence.